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Landscape With Rocks at Right

Drawing
17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Landscape; View of an open country, with a mountainous distance, a mass of high rocks on the right with a cavern; Pen, washed with Indian ink, on paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLandscape With Rocks at Right (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over black chalk on paper
Brief description
Drawing, 'Landscape With Rocks at Right', Cornelis van Poelenburg, pen, washed with Indian ink, on paper; Dutch School; 17th century.
Physical description
Landscape; View of an open country, with a mountainous distance, a mass of high rocks on the right with a cavern; Pen, washed with Indian ink, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 280mm
  • Width: 414mm
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
William Esdaile (1758–1837), London (L. 2617), his sale, London, Christie’s, 18–25 June 1840, possibly one of two in lot 716: ‘Poelemberg. A tree, in bistre; and a landscape, in indian ink’ (with lots 715 [Bronckhorst] and 718 [Poelenburch red chalk Nymphs] to ‘Buchanan’ for £0. 8s. 0d) or lot 719: ‘Poelemberg. An extensive Italian landscape, in indian ink’ (with lot 720 [Louis de Vadder pen-and-ink Woody Landscape] to ‘Morant’ for £0. 3s. 6d);1 Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. 148, illus. p.198.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.424

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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